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Warrant Officer Michael Maddox holds his daughter at a deployment ceremony at Army Aviation Facility #1 in Hammond Saturday. Maddox and approximately 70 other Louisiana National Guardsmen in the 1st Assault Helicopter Battalion, 244th Aviation Regiment are set to deploy to the Middle East for nearly one year to provide air movement and medical evacuation support to ground forces. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Garrett L. Dipuma.)